Strategic competition, African agency and resource management
- Shifting Power in the Red Sea: Local Agency in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape – Federico Donelli, University of Trieste, Italy
- Conflicts and Critical Resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo – Dr. Mursel Bayram, Head of the Department of African Studies, Ankara Social Sciences University, Institute of Area Studies, Turkey
- African agency for investors and geopolitics – Fernando Jorge Cardoso – Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Portugal
- Weak States and Spheres of Great Power Competition – Hanna Kassab – East Carolina University, United States
Portuguese-speaking African countries
- The metamorphosis of the Portuguese speaking countries political systems – Francisco Leandro – University of Macau, China
- São Tomé e Príncipe and China’s XXI Century Maritime Silk Road – Vasco Becker-Weinberg, Nova School of Law , Portugal
- Structural Challenges of Economic Structures in the CPLP – Manuel Ennes Ferreira, ISEG, Portugal
- Mozambique at 50: reflections on state formation, democracy and the role of natural resources – Roberta Holanda Maschietto, Institute of Public Policy and International Relations (IPPRI) of the São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil
General theme
- Political Transition in the Horn of Africa: Experience for Ethiopia and Sudan since 2018 – Dr. Bayuligne Zemedeagegnehu Bahru, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
- The New agenda for peace in an era of great power competition: challenges to the African security architecture – Juliana de Paula Bigatão Puig, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil
Please note that:
a) A 50% discount on the €50 tuition fee is available for students and staff of institutions involved in the scientific committee, as well as Portuguese public entities.
b) A total of 27 scholarships, each worth €400, will be awarded (see conditions for the application).
More info and Applications: https://www.ubi.pt/Curso/1370.
